The clarinet at first is playing “sensuously” (Ellison 182), in a persuasive manner. While the clarinet is subconsciously bringing the men into the ballroom, symbolically, the clarinet can be seen as persuading the boys to be controlled, to be pawns in their games. Additionally, the story only consists of recordings of music; there is no live jazz music being played. This means earlier performances are being played over and over again. This is similar to how the white men are instilling their ideals into African Americans; by forcing the repetition of their repression (Puskar 7).
This idea was an interesting start, because it caught the audience’s attention to really listen to what was going to happen next. Then the song, went into a lighter more atmospheric section, where there were many crescendos and decrescendos. The instruments in the piece included the chimes, maracas, timpani,
During this part I heard a clarinet. The tempo is not fast nor slow, but a medium tempo. There are measures and the song is suitable for some forms of dance, one of which can be seeing during this piece. Taken into consideration
It has counterpoint with the trumpets and clarinets, which I thoroughly enjoyed since I played clarinet and my brother played trumpet in middle school. There was a gradual crescendo during this movement as the brass and percussion became easier to distinguish, but it receded again near the end as the winds prevailed and carried the piece to a calm end. The fourth movement, “Wolsey’s Wilde,” had lots of counterpoint. There was some counterpoint between the trumpets and the whole band, and also between the clarinets and flutes, which were both marked by consonant melodies. The fifth movement, “The Bells,” starts with a counterpoint between the trumpets and the French horns and eventually the whole band joins in on the counterpoint which was an amazing way to begin the conclusion of this piece and the ensemble did a brilliant job of coming in at the right times and not being too loud or abrupt.
This created the rhythm of the piece to rise and fall, causing a contrast in the piece and the harmony. The second piece that was played was a concerto. The melody was created with the piano starting the piece. Then the horn started however the horn and piano were playing the same melody creating a monophonic texture.
As a member of the audience, Khnaer became the main important point during many aspects of the piece, which had 3 movements, Allegro maestoso, Adagio non troppo, and Rondo especially during his solo. He maintained a high level of intensity throughout the performance and it was his passion that made the whole piece stand out. Almost all of the instruments performed this piece however, the flute sound was the one that made this piece stand out from the others. Moreover, it was interesting to hear the difference between when the musicians were using the mute and when they were not. This piece was arguably the best performance of the entire
The soft tones of the clarinet, along with the violin and cello, could be heard throughout the church to create a lovely
to keep the audience at alert and interested. The concert began with a song called, “Fanfare for Such a Time as This”, which is by David Holsinger. The song contained many different kinds of instruments which included the trumpet, French horns, baritone, tuba, tympani, snare drum, as well as a bass drum. The instrument that stood out the most to me in this song were the French horns, they made the song stand out and made it more vibrant.
There was a beautiful flute solo in the middle of the piece. One of the solos had the flute playing the melody and a prominent bassoon playing underneath the melody line. It was an unusually nice combination. The whole piece was magnificent.
34 by Benjamin Britten. Two of my favorite from the first half of the Concert are English Folk Song Suite and Young Person’s Guide, both interesting in their own ways. I enjoyed the first piece a lot because of the variety
On February 12, 2016, at 7:00 P.M., I attended the Symphonic Wind Band concert at Bob Jones University. The concert was conducted by Dan Turner, and the name of the performance was named European Travelogue. It consisted of a predominant woodwind ensemble, with some percussion throughout. It had the instruments one would expect in a woodwind performance: flutes, piccolos, oboes, etc. The concert consisted of mainly short pieces, with a one longer piece midway.
The piece included a slow tempo. I am not quite sure, but I believe I heard Merry-Go-Round played by one of the trumpet players. The ending to the piece had a continuous pattern of crescendos and pauses. Consequently, the audience became confused because they didn’t know when it was over. I thought it was a humorous way to “include” the audience.
The stringed instruments were the accompaniment; therefor, they began with harmonics, chromatics, and tremolo for various measures rather than having a moving part. The melody was given to the flutes and soloist, Sami Junnonen, who was also very talented. The song was about 22 minutes long and he had the whole piece memorized. It sounded very sad, but soothing simultaneously. There were visuals around the theater, which made it easier to understand and visualize what Lopez was trying to describe when writing the song.
The concert I attended was the Lilly Classical Series at the historic Hilbert Circle Theater. I attended this concert on Friday, October 6th, 2017 at 8:00 pm. The conductor was Jun Märkl with a very special guest performance from Joshua Bell, a famous violinist. In this concert they played three, thirty minute pieces with a twenty minute intermission. The first piece was entitled Les Préludes and it was composed by Franz Liszt in 1844/5.
Ferdinand De Jean, a Dutch flautist, ordered Mozart to write 4 quartets and 3 flute concertos, but Mozart only completed three quartets and one flute concerto. Instead of composing a brand new flute concerto, he rearranged the oboe concerto he had written earlier that year as the second flute concerto, which is divided into 3 movements: Allegro aperto, Adagio non troppo and Rondo: Allegretto. The concerto is an excellent showpiece and is widely performed by soloists nowadays. Listening to this well-written repertoire, it is hard to believe that Mozart disliked flute or that this piece was originally written for another
